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What the world's news said happened to people.
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25,966 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Most of the day's attention went to building collapse in Taiwan, protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and rights and justice in Dosso. Sri Lanka's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 85 in 100 of its 1,288 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

1,096 of its 1,288 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (942 stories). Building collapse was named in 465 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

159 of its 376 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 41 of Colombo's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Rights & justice

Niger

69 of its 79 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dosso accounted for 56 of Niger's 69 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories).

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Dosso stories →
Displacement

Türkiye

506 of its 677 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (223 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Haiti

113 of its 300 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 48 of Port-au-Prince's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (81 stories). Train derailment was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

100 of its 157 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Prague accounted for 90 of the Czechia's 100 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

89 of its 219 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 67 of Warsaw's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

187 of its 499 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

41 of its 129 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Hypothermia was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

461 of its 529 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Mogadishu accounted for 419 of Somalia's 461 stories about harm, carried by 353 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (206 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Malawi (36 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (67 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Haiti (52 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Bulgaria (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Honduras (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Feb. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 25,966 stories about harm among 122,186 counted on 7 Feb.

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Taiwan stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 122,186 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Taiwan for the second day running. Mentions of building collapse ran about 5 times their usual in Taiwan's news. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso97 in 100 of its 277 stories · usually 93 · mostly rights & justice Burundi90 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 83 · mostly conflict & violence Niger87 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Somalia87 in 100 of its 529 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia86 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 499 Cairo Egypt119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 757 San Francisco US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Warsaw Poland67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNauru: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Burundi few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 506 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 159 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 7,508 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 6,197 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 4,955 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health11% 2,741 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,801 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,054 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 889 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 367 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed9,212 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,779 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,351 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Taiwan and the US Stories reporting refugees1,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions628 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Burkina Faso Stories reporting people displaced250 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Malaysia and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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